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August 17, 2015

Berry Culinary Weekend

Hey y'all!

How are ya and how was your weekend? I hope none of you are hungry because this post is all food and nothing else! My darling friend invited me to an evening of learning how to make some gourmet, fine dining dishes at The Culinary Academy, and it was honestly a lot of fun! It took longer than I anticipated, but then again, we got there kinda late. Ah well, there was great company, wine, and lots of very very good food!

We started off the weekend with a wedding on Saturday morning - Cakes made the wedding cakes for the couple.

I didn't get to take photos of us (long story) but I managed some selfies in the car :)

By evening, I went off to meet my friend at her place, and then we headed to The Culinary Academy, which is located at 50 Raymond Njoku Street, Ikoyi. I heard about Culinary Academy a few months ago, and a few friends and I had planned to go for a class, but our schedules never lined up. This time around, it was just me, my friend and her brother. We were taught by Chef Fregz, and Chef Tiyan (she owns the place, I believe).

We had a fun time, I can tell you that and I think everyone should do something like this at least once in their lives - in addition to wine tasting, which I haven't done because I'll pass out drunk :p

Enjoy the photos - I can't remember the names of anything we made. Hopefully, Chef Fregz will send me the menu and we can put names to the photos, aye? (He came through last minute!!!!!)

Our starter was Black Cod in Chorizo Tomato Watermelon Broth. Yup, there was watermelon in it, and I loved the slightly sweet and fresh taste it gave to the dish. Fregz plated the first dish, and had us plate it for ourselves.

For our entree, we had Pork and Feta Ravioli (we made the pasta from scratch), Cured Duck Breast, Port Reduction, Rocket Puree; Scallops and Lobster with Pumpkin Puree and Coriander Foam.

For dessert, we made Pear Rosemary Crumble with Ginger-snap Ice Cream. (BTW, my friend's brother and I couldn't stop eating the Ginger cookies for the ice cream).

So fun stuff, right?!?!?! I'm hungry :(

The Culinary Academy's contact details are below (thanks Folayemi for the reminder)